Grain-car door



W. PINET.

GRAIN'CAR DOOR. APPuclmoN man ome, m.

1,393,96g Patented 001 18,1921.

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WILLIAM BINET, OF VONDA, SASKATCHEVAN, CANADA.

GRAIN-CAR DOOR.

Improvements in Grain-Car Doors; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

he present invention relates to new and useful improvements in grain car doors.

he primary object of vthe invention is the provision of a grain car door, provided with a suitable supporting frame, by means of which the latter can be moved longitudinally ofthel car, to and from the door opening, and transversely. of the car into said opening and in closed position. Y

Another obj ect of the invention is the provision of a supporting means for the door by e same can be swung' inwardly into the doorway, of the car, forthe purpose of sealing the same against the leakage of the grain therefrom.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a grain car door including a supplemental door through which grain can e fed into the car without opening the main door.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a supporting means forthe door by which the same can be moved inwardly, flush with the inner side of the car and held against any undesired movement.

A still further object of the invention7 is the provision of ya grain car door such as above referred to, which will be Vcomparatively simple andinexpensive to manufacture, reliable and eliicient in use, and readily operated.

qWith the above and other objects in'view, 'resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination, and arrangement'of-pa-rts', to be hereinafter, more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the present application, and in which:

igure 1 is a perspective view, of a portion of one side of a grain car showing a door therein, in closed position;

ig. is a horizontal sectional view, thereof;

Patented Oct. 18, 1921. Serial No. 429,470.

F ig. 3 is a similar view, showing the door moved outwardly ready for sliding movement.

Fig. 4, is a vertical sectional View, taken through the door showing the same in closed position; and,

Fig. 5 is a similar view, showing the door in vits outer position ready for sliding movement- Referring now to the accompanying drawings by corresponding characters of reference.,throughout the several views, the numeral 5 designates a grain car, comprising a side member 6 and a top 7, and bottom 8.

The outer side 6 of the car is provided with a suitable door opening 9 which is adapted to be closed by the door` 10.

The door 10 comprises a sliding body 11 and an outer supporting frame 12, which is mounted within'suitable guides 13 secured to the outer side 6 of the car 5.

he door frame'12 is supported on the track 141 and is limited in its sliding movement on the track, in the direction of the door frame- 9 by the stops 15.

he frame 12 comprises opposite side members 16, a top member 17 and bottom member 18. From the side members 16 eX- tenc forwardly directed brackets 19 in which are journale'd the upper and lower crank members V2O and 21, the arched portion 22 of which pass through the sliding blocks 23 and 24, which are mounted on guides secured to the forward side of the door 11. Upon vert-ical rmovement of the blocks 23 and 24.- on guides 25 the crank members /O and 21 are swung radially from their pivotal connection in brackets 19 as illustrated by the arrows in Fig. 4.-. thus moving the door horizontally either interiorly or eXteriorly as required.

The blocks 28 and 24. upon o1. posite sides of the door are connected by a rod 26 which holds them in their proper spaced positions relative to each other.

The intermediate of' the vcrank members 20 are 2l swung outwardly or inwardly and the blocks can be raised and lowered substandoor 1,1 forced from theposition in Fig. 5 of tially as and for the purposes set forth. 60 the drawing, yto the position shown in Fig. 4: 2. ln the device of the character described, in which it caribe lockedby the latch members the combination of a grain car, including a 30. These latch members are formedfrom doorway, a frame slidablyY mounted upon fiat metal bars and are pivoted adjacent theirA said car, a door mounted in said frame, ends in slots formed in the door frame. cranks operatively connecting said door to When the door is open the latch members the door frame, said connection comprising are normally in a vertical position in the blocks `slidablcV upon said door and receivslots and are out of the path of the door ing said cranks, means for connecting the but when the door is in the position as shown blocks togetherv to prevent their' relative in Figs. l and 2, the latch members are movement, means for connecting said cranks,

' dropped to a .horizontal position and engage an arm secured to said last mentioned means, the outer side of the door to reinforce the a guide for said last mentioned means, and a locking means. pin carried by the guide and engaging said The bar 27 may likewise be provided with last mentioned means, substantially as and aV plurality of perforations 3l through which for the purposes set forth. 75 a locking pin 32 passes. The pin 32 is car- 3. In a `device of the character described, ried by the guide member Q8, and lobviously the combination with a grain car, of a frame Y when in locking position will hold the'door, slidably .mounted thereon, to and .from the either in its inward or outward position, door Opening of said car, a door mounte against any undesired movement. in said frame, cranks operatively connected The door l1 is likewise provided at its to the sides of the frame, blocks through upper end with a supplemental door 33 which said cranks pass, means for slidably which is hinged at its upper end and can mounting said blocks upon said door, means be forced inwardly as shown in dotted lines for connecting the blocks in pairs to prevent *in Fig. 4: in which position it is held by the their relative movement, a bar connecting 85 latchB/l. When .in the dotted line position said cranks,van operating arm secured to shown-in Fig. e, the grain may be fed into said bar, aguide secured to the door through the cartherethrough. which said bar passes, a` pin carried'by the When in the position shown in .Fig-s, 2 Yguide to enter openings formed in the bar, Y and 4c the door will be held against any unfor locking the door in open and closed posi- 9D desired movement but when in the position tion, and means for additionally locking the 'I shown in Figs. 3 or 5 the door may be `moved door in closed position. i f Y longitudinally of the car, out of the path of 4. In a device of the character described i: the doorway and access may be had to the 'the combination in a grain car,having a door Y car, as desired. opening in its side, a track upon the side of From the foregoing description taken in said car, a frame mounted upon the track, a connection with the accompanying drawdoor mounted in said frame, cranks conings, it will be manifest that a door forgrain nected to the .oppositesides of the door at cars is provided which will fulfil all of the the upper and lower ends thereof, blocks necessary requirements of such a device, and slidably mounted upon said door' for i con- 100 it should be understood` in this connection, neeting the cranks to the door, brackets that' various minor changes in the specific provided upon the door for receiving the ydetails of construction, can be resorted to .ends of Vsaid cranks, bars connecting the within the scope of the appended claims, blocks inrpairs upon opposite sides of the without departing from the spirit or sacriicdoor, a bar connecting the intermediate poring any of the advantages of the invention. tionsof the cranks, a guide through which Having thus fully described my invention, said bar passes,- said bar havingV openings what I claim as new and desire to protect therein, a pin-passing through the guideV by Letters Patent is v foi` engagementl w'th the openings in the l. The combination in a grain car, of a bar, an operating arm secured to ,said bar, door, a sliding frame in whiclithe door is and a supplemental door provided in theA mounted, cranks connected to said frame, first named door of theV car, substantially as blocks slidably mounted upon said door, and and for the purposes set forth.

connected to said cranks, a connection beln witness whereofl have hereunto set my tween said cranks and an arm secured to hand. `v said last mentioned connection, Awhereby the WILLIAM PINET. 

